Corporations, Campaign Contributions, Lobbyists and State Attorney Generals .... and Justice for All

Here's the lead point of a New York Times series on the neutering of Attorney Generals in many states by campaign contributions, gifts and lobbyists on behalf of corporate interests the AGs are supposed to be policing:

Attorneys general are now the object of aggressive pursuit by lobbyists and lawyers who use campaign contributions, personal appeals at lavish corporate-sponsored conferences and other means to push them to drop investigations, change policies, negotiate favorable settlements or pressure federal regulators, an investigation by The New York Times has found.

Money doesn't talk it swears. The first serial of this Generation of Swine is Lobbyists, Bearing Gifts, Pursue Attorney Generals. 

Robert L. Abell
www.RobertAbellLaw.com

 

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